It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produce a calorie of food. From the standpoint of industrial efficiency, it's too bad we can't simply drink the petroleum directly, because there's a lot less energy in a bushel of corn (measured in calories) than there is in the half gallon or so of oil required to produce it. Ecologically this is a fabulously expensive way to produce food.
—from The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, a book by Michael Pollan
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20101. | chris (llamas876) | 69.23 | 96% | 2020-07-01 |
20102. | Jeffrey (randomhour) | 69.23 | 95% | 2014-12-22 |
20103. | Jamethy (jamethy) | 69.23 | — | 2011-03-17 |
20104. | Lloyd (llgraves) | 69.22 | 98% | 2022-06-24 |
20105. | Michael (aeonlight) | 69.22 | 90% | 2012-11-19 |
20106. | Paull (paulh_112904) | 69.21 | 96% | 2022-04-01 |
20107. | Vincent (effaz) | 69.21 | 92% | 2015-03-15 |
20108. | puppy0cam (puppy0cam) | 69.21 | 97% | 2021-01-29 |
20109. | Scalmole (scalmole) | 69.21 | 96% | 2020-12-18 |
20110. | Henr (bantoe) | 69.20 | 96% | 2023-02-11 |
20111. | shane (shanebk) | 69.20 | 96% | 2022-08-09 |
20112. | not (not_vidhu) | 69.20 | 96% | 2022-06-07 |
20113. | Ram (ramans) | 69.20 | 91% | 2014-07-11 |
20114. | kevin (hyzing) | 69.20 | 86% | 2013-11-13 |
20115. | Ein (einkokelhahn) | 69.20 | 95% | 2018-10-11 |
20116. | Amarpreet (ampit) | 69.20 | 90% | 2011-09-10 |
20117. | EnderiusX (enderius) | 69.19 | 99% | 2023-04-24 |
20118. | Josh (sinkadink) | 69.19 | 86% | 2016-03-17 |
20119. | robert (robert1982) | 69.19 | — | 2010-08-30 |
20120. | Donatas (donatasp) | 69.19 | — | 2011-04-29 |
20121. | Wuggly (wuggly) | 69.18 | 92% | 2012-02-27 |
20122. | danza 🖤👻 (danza5374) | 69.18 | 95% | 2019-05-03 |
20123. | fakaped (fakaped) | 69.18 | 98% | 2021-09-22 |
20124. | Fredi (fredov) | 69.18 | 96% | 2012-03-08 |
20125. | typeandlearn (typeandlearn) | 69.17 | 96.8% | 2023-12-28 |
20126. | omar (omar_elsayed) | 69.17 | 96.2% | 2024-01-27 |
20127. | Yun Fei (felixshih) | 69.17 | 98% | 2015-03-13 |
20128. | Patrick (pandanova) | 69.16 | 95% | 2024-01-25 |
20129. | Oskar (oskarosw3) | 69.16 | 95% | 2024-01-21 |
20130. | Lamb (feed_o_lamb) | 69.16 | 97% | 2023-12-14 |
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